Railway-tie



(No Model.)

M. RILEY. RAILWAY TIB. No. 605.233. Patented June 7,1898.

ATTORNEYF -IlNrTnD STATES* PATENT OFFICE.

MICHAEL RILEWY, OF LONDON, OHIO.

RAILWAY-TIE..A

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 605,233, dated une 7,1898 i Application iiledOotober 13, 1897. Serial No. 655,032. (Nomodel.) i

To @ZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, MICHAEL RILEY, acitizen of the United States,residing at London,

in the county of Madison and State of Ohio, have invented a certain newand useful Improvement in Railway-Track Supports, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to the improvement of railway-rail supports; andthe objects of myinvention are to provide an improved support forrailway-track rails and to produce certain improvements in details ofconstruction and arrangement of parts, which will be more `fully pointedout hereinafter. These objects I accomplish in the manner illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis a central longitudinalsection on line o: of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan view of a portion of arailway-track, the rails thereof having my improved support. Fig. 3 is asectional viewon line y y of Fig. 2.' Fig. 4 is a 4 sectional view of mysupport modified for use in supporting and `connecting adjoining rails.Fig. 5 is a sectional view of a modification of mydevice, showing thesame applied to an old railway-tie; and Fig. 7 is a View in perspectiveof a portion of a tie-plate which I employ in the modificationillustrated in Fig. 6.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Incarrying out my invention I provide a tie-casing which is in the formof an elongated metallic plate the sides and ends of 4which are bentdownward to provide a substantially-elongated cup the under side ofwhich isA open. This `tie plate or casing, which is indicated at a, isat suitable points in its upper side provided with suitable cuts orincisions, which result in the formation of inwardly-extending tonguesh, the latter bcing bent upward from the body of the plate a and shapedto conform to the outer side of a railway-track-rail web and flange,against which said tongue is adapted to bear. The track-rail, which isindicated at'c, is adapted to be braced on its inner4 side by means of adoubled bracing-strip d, of corresponding width with the tongue b, saidstrip d being bent to bear against the inner side of the track-rail weband flange and having its doubled central portion extending in theformof i a transverse loop d through the end of the opening formed by theproduction of i the tongue b and beneath the plate a." The verticalportions of the doubled strip d and the tongue b, which embrace oppositesides of the track-rail web, are adapted to be operated together, asindicated at e, while the loop portion d of the strip CZ has extendingtherethrough a transverse key-bolt e', which serves to hold said strip dsecurely in connection with the under side of the plate a. In order tocover the openings in the plate a formed by theproduction of the tonguesh, I have provided on the under side of the plate-top where suchopenings occur cover-plates f, which, as indicated more clearlyin Fig. lof the drawings, are provided with transverse bends or recesses whichare adapted to elnbrace or cover the loop portions d of the strips d.The under side of the casing, or the cup formed by the flanged plate a,is adapted to be filled with a suitable concrete g, the latter beingpreferably introduced into `said tie case or plate in the form ofaplastic mass which is allowed to harden therein. In order to properlyretain this concrete substantially within the metallic tie-plate, Iprovide at suitable intervals transverse bolts g', which pass throughthe sides of the plate ct and also through saidconcrete, and the ends ofwhich are adapted when said concrete is thoroughly dry to be turneduntil the concrete is firmly clamped within the flanged tie-plate. Thisconstruction affords, as will readily be seen, not only a desirable andfirm support for railway-track rails, but at `the same time obviates thenecessity of spiking the rails to the ties.

It is obviousV that atie such as .herein described will possess greatdurability and that the same may be produced at a reasonable cost ofmanufacture and laid substantially Y in the manner of laying theordinarywooden ties. It is evident that by the use of my improvedrail-supports any tendency of the rails to spread or move laterally willbe entirely lobviated and that the result of the use of said supportwill be the production of yan exceedingly firm, durable, and reliablerailwaytrack.

Where it is desirable to unite a main-track and guard rail, such as areindicated at h and h in Figs. tand of the drawings, and support thelatter upon an ordinary tie or suitable base h2, I may provide ahorizontal tie z', which rests upon or is secured to said tie or baseh2, and which .has its end portions doubled inwardly on its body andthence bent upwardly to conform to the shapes of the outer sides of therails h' and h, against which said end portions are adapted to bear. Inthis case the inner sides of the rail Webs and ianges are braced by aplate c,which is doubled centrally and has its outwardly and up- Wardlyextending diverging arms bearing against the inner sides of saidrail-webs, While its doubled central portion, as prescribed for thestrip d, is shaped to form a downwardly-extending loop c',which projectsinto a central transverse mortise in the platebody z', said loop beingheld in this position by a transverse key-bolt 7a2. This beingaccomplished, a transverse bolt k3 is made to pass through the webs ofthe rails h and through the upper portions of the plates il and 7c, saidbolt, together with a sleeve 164 thereon, being adapted to not onlyclamp said supporting-plates in connection with the railwebs, but toretain said rails at a desirable distance one from the other.

In Fig. 6 I have shown my device modified for use on an ordinary woodenrailway-track tie. In this case the plate a, instead of having the cupform indicated in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, is simply a at plate which isspiked at desirable intervals to the wooden tie m, said plate also beingprovided on its under sides with punch projections (indicated at 'n inFig. 7) which are adapted to enter the wood of the tie. This plate,which in this case is indicated at a', is provided with a tongue b',corresponding with the tongue b, heretofore described, and as shown insaid figure. The manner of supporting the rails thereon is substantiallythe same as that described in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4. It will thus be seenthat plates and strips having my improved construction may be adaptedfor the support of track-rails in connection with the concrete tie-bodyor the same may be applied on ordinary Wooden ties even after the samehave become worn from use.

Having now fully described my invention,

l. In a railway-track support, the combination with a metallic tie-plateand a tongue cut therefrom and shaped to conform to the side of atrack-rail, of a doubled metallic strip d shaped to conform to and bearagainst the inner side of said track-rail, a key-bolt epassing throughthe doubled lower end of said strip d beneathsaid plate a and transversebolts e adapted to clamp said tongue and strip end portions againstopposite sides of said trackspeciiied.

2. In a railway-track support, the combination with a metallic tieplateor casing and a tongue cut therefrom and shaped to conform to the sideof a track-rail, a metallic strip cl extending through the openingformed by the cutting of said tongue and secured in connection with saidplate, a bolt e uniting the strip d, tongue b and a track-rail web, of afilling for said flange plate or casing a of concrete or similarmaterial, substantially as and for the purpose specified. I

' MICHAEL RILEY.

p In presence of- C. C. SHEPHERD, EDWARD M. TAYLOR.`

rail web, substantially as and for the purpose

